In the twentieth century, educational philosophy has turned from grand system building toward approaches which consider the process of education itself to be the source of issues requiring a philosophical, value-oriented resolution. Philosophical inquiry has extended to social, psychological, and human issues. (Editor/SJL)

The current status of secondary physical education is examined in five determinants of curriculum and in presentations of specific styles of physical education curriculum. Curriculum styles such as disciplinary, personalized, and social reordering are chosen based on students, teachers, schools, equipment, facilities, and subject matter involved.…

Argues that, although the high salaries of faculty "superstars" may disadvantage other faculty and staff, particularly in a period of downsizing, the more serious problem is the tradition of large discipline-based differences in faculty salaries which undermine the principles of merit-based compensation. Resentment of "superstar" salaries may have…

Explores how paradigm choices influence faculty's professional lives in legal education, using qualitative research methods. Argues that there is a paradigm culture that operates in conjunction with other faculty cultures, and suggests findings about law school faculty may apply to related disciplines, particularly the social sciences. (Author/MSE)

Quality Function Deployment, a set of concepts and tools used in manufacturing engineering to link consumer needs with product design, can also improve academic advising systems and processes. The technique promotes structured, logical examination of students' advising needs and their relationship to advising system design, processes, methods,…

Examines the experiences of 89 academics who, in their choice of labor education and labor studies as a field, appear to be trying to maintain ties to the working class as a way to cope with alienation in the world of academia. Responses illustrate the role of social class in career choice and achievement. (SLD)

Presents a cross-cultural comparison of United States, English and Welsh students' perceptions of secondary classroom environments in six academic disciplines. Variable differences in classroom environments were found to exist on the basis of academic discipline, nationality, age and gender. Subject matter patterns suggest that the nature of the…

Rankings are given for the 100 colleges and universities with the highest numbers of Hispanic students receiving bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, and for the institutions with the highest Hispanic graduation numbers in 28 disciplines. Rankings for Puerto Rican institutions are listed separately. (MSE)

Discusses lifelong learning and the need for information retrieval skills, and describes how Northwest Missouri State University incorporates a heuristic model of library instruction in which students continually evaluate and refine information-seeking practices while progressing through all levels of courses in diverse disciplines. (Author/LRW)

Middle and high school teachers are taking the time to teach about reading in their disciplines implementing an approach called "Reading Apprenticeship," a partnership of expertise, drawing on what teachers know and do as readers in their disciplines and on adolescents' unique strengths as learners. (MLF)

Explores information architecture curricula at North American universities based on an analysis of 40 course descriptions available on the Web. Academic disciplines related to IA education include library and information science, information technology, business administration, literature, arts, and design as well as continuing education programs.…

Explores the political function of comparative education and analyzes the field of comparative education. Highlights four functions (ideographic, ameliorative, evolutionist, and experimental) of comparative education research. Addresses the functions of comparative education in instruction. Reports on the role of comparative education. (CMK)

Knowing how students reason and how to foster discipline-specific skills in critical thinking helps chairpersons respond positively to faculty concerns about students' reasoning deficiencies. The challenge of teaching thinking, critical-thinking abilities, beliefs about knowledge, overcoming students' limitations, and developing faculty interest…

Examines the managerial perspectives and skills that public relations practitioners identified as essential to the managerial role, the extent to which those perspectives and skills are present or lacking in practitioners who make the shift from technician to manager, and which areas deserve special attention in the public relations classroom. (MS)

Findings are reported from a longitudinal study of first year doctoral students at Reading University. The study examined three major issues: the planning and carrying out of various stages of work during the first year; the learning environment, particularly opportunities for development of collegiality; and supervision. (IAH)